Course Description
Theory of consumer behavior. Primal-dual relationships in consumer theory including indirect utility functions and consumer expenditure functions. Properties of consumer demand functions. Consumer welfare measurement. Production technology and the theory of the firm including cost minimization and profit maximization. Dual relationships in producer theory including cost functions and profit functions. Properties of firm output supply and input demand equations. Long-run market equilibrium in a competitive market environment. Market equilibrium with upward sloping input supply equations. The theory of monopoly.
Fall 2024
Instructors
Meeting Patterns
Classes Start:
August 19, 2024
Classes End:
December 3, 2024
Location:
01206 Nelson Hall
Class Days:
M W
Class Start Time:
10:15am
Class End Time:
11:30am
Class Type:
Lecture
Credits:
3.00
Restrictions:
Restricted to students in Graduate Economics programs